Network Dictionary – squirrel

Refers the moments when you are easily distracted. Such as “the act of being distracted in the middle of–wow, something shiney!”

From the move “Up” by Disney/Pixar where the taking dogs will stop whatever they are doing, shout “SQUIRREL” and look off. Because the Master wasn’t able to remove the natural instinct to chase squirrels.

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Human Infrastructure for Data Networks. 25 year survivor of Corporate IT in many verticals, tens of employers working on a wide range of networking solutions and products.

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